Skip to main content

Advertisement

Log in

Sequential MRI in a case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

  • Diagnostic neuroradiology
  • Published:
Neuroradiology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract.

A 48-year-old man suddenly developed clinically and electroencephalographically nonspecific dementia. On MRI sequences, only diffusion-weighted images (DWI) of the cortex were unequivocally pathological. Obvious atrophy and basal ganglia signal changes appeared only 9 months after the onset. Brain biopsy confirmed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). In rapidly progressive dementia, we recommend DWI for early diagnosis of CJD.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Additional information

Electronic Publication

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Tribl, G., Strasser, G., Zeitlhofer, J. et al. Sequential MRI in a case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Neuroradiology 44, 223–226 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340100695

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340100695

Navigation